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The Ways of the Word : Episodes in Verbal Attention
Author
Title
The Ways of the Word : Episodes in Verbal Attention / Garrett Stewart.
ISBN
9781501761423
9781501761416
9781501761409
9781501761393
Publication
Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource (252 pages).
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Summary
"It seems painfully obvious to note that novels are composed one word at a time. Yet very few works of literary theory or criticism explore how words actually work in a literary context, how (some) writers effectively employ and deploy words (and the syllables that comprise them) to achieve stylistic effects that can heighten, distract from, make memorable, enliven, or deepen the experience of reading. Distinct from plot, theme, or character, the ways of the word are multiple, deviant, and convergent by turns, and in this book, Garrett Stewart charts some of these ways across dozens of works by authors classic to contemporary, in poetry as well as prose."-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2022.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2023
Contents
Scanned: intro in overview
Lexical timelines, phrasal timings
The tensed word
Part II. Staged: Text Out Loud
Reading en scene
Threading the read
Fframe advance: text, vector, velocity
Tracked: an epilogue on aftertones.
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Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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